Building corner construction



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Inventor CAN MOM MM Km AGE/WT United States Patent Ofice 3,543,463 Patented Dec. 1, 1970 3,543,463 BUILDING CORNER CONSTRUCTION Henry Cannon, 126 Dean Swift Road, Ballymun, Dublin, Ireland Filed Mar. 18, 1968, Ser. No. 713,914 Claims priority, applicggigyreland, Mar. 16, 1967,

Int. Cl. E04b N40 US. Cl. 52-282 1 Claim ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A building construction having a plurality of spaced apart wall and roof support members defining channels for receiving and supporting wall and roof panels, each support member having two or more channels disposed at angles of 90 or 180 towards one another depending upon whether the support members are positioned where wall or roof panels meet at right angles at corners of the building construction or whether the support members are located between corners of the building.

The present invention relates to novel building constructions and the invention is also concerned with building elements for use in said constructions. A principal object of the invention is to provide a building which is simple to erect and which is relatively inexpensive.

According to the present invention, there is provided a building comprising at least four corner wall support members, each corner support member having a pair of channels disposed at right angles to one another, and including wall panels located in said channels between said corner members, the walls being perpendicular to a ground foundation or floor.

Said building may include intermediate wall support members disposed between said corner wall support members, each intermediate wall support member having a pair of channels disposed at an angle of 180 to one another to support a pair of co-planar wall panels located in the channels of said intermediate wall support members.

If desired a partition may be provided in said building,

said partition being located between partition channel members secured to said intermediate support members, the limbs of the partition channel members being disposed perpendicular to the limbs of the channels on said intermediate support member.

A building according to the invention may be provided with a roof comprising roof panels secured between roof support members which are identical to the wall support members and which are supported by angle shaped roof joints operatively connected between the wall support members and the roof support members.

Preferably, the invention provides a building comprising a plurality of support members defining channels for receiving the edges of wall and/ or roof panels, each support member having two or more channels disposed at various angles towards one another depending upon whether the support members are disposed at a position where wall or roof panels meet at right angles, for example at corners of the building or whether the support members are located intermedially between corner members or to support the roof of the building in which cases said channels make an angle of 180 with one another.

The invention will hereinafter be described more particularly wtih reference to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate, by way of example, a preferred embodiment thereof, and wherein,

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a building,

FIG. 2 is a view, in section, on lines IIII of FIG. 1,

FIG. 3 is an elevation, in section, of portion of the building,

FIG. 4 is a plan, in section, of a portion of the building,

FIG. 5 is a plan, in section, of a further portion of the building,

FIG. 6 is an elevation, in section, showing additional details of portion of FIG. 3,

FIG. 7 is an elevation, partly in section, of a further portion of the building,

FIG. 8 is an elevation on lines VIII-VIII of FIG. 7,

FIGS. 9, 10* and 11 show constructional elements for use in the building shown in FIGS. 1 to 8 inclusive.

Referring to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 and 2, a building constructed in accordance with the present invention has four corner wall support members 1 between two pairs of which are disposed two intermediate wall support members 2. Operatively connected between pairs of corner wall support members 1 are corner roof support members 3 which are substantially identical to the corner wall support members 1, while operatively connected between the intermediate wall support members 2 are intermediate roof support members 4 which are substantially identical to the intermediate wall support members 2. Located between the wall support members 1 and 2 are wall panels 6, while disposed between the roof support members 3 and 4 are roof panels 7.

The corner wall support members 1 are elongated hollow angle shaped extrusions (see FIG. 5) presenting a pair of longitudinal channels 11 defined by limbs 12 and 12a and disposed at right angles towards one another to receive a pair of wall panels 6 located perpendicular to one another and to a foundation 8. The limbs 12a of the channels 11 are bent to provide a longitudinal slot 13 for receiving the stem of a bolt 14, the head 15 of which is located in a recess 16 at one end of the slot 13, a bride member 17 defining the recess 16 and preventing the head 15 from moving towards the curved portion 1 8 of the corner wall support member 1.

The faces of the wall panels 6 in the interior of the building are provided with linings 21 co-planar with the portions of the limbs 12a which are parallel to the limbs 12. Cover members 22 are disposed over the linings 21 and are held in position by corner support elements 23 held on the stems of the bolts 14 by nuts 24. The corner support elements 23 have projections 25 which fit into complementary recesses 26 in the cover members 22.

Intermediate wall support members 2 are shown in detail in FIGS. 3, 4 and 6 of the accompanying drawings, while intermediate roof support members 4 are shown in detail in FIGS. 3, 6, 7 and 8 of the accompanying drawings. The description hereinafter appearing with reference to the intermediate wall support members 2 is equally applicable to the intermediate roof support members 4, where the context admits.

The intermediate wall and roof support members 2 and 4 are elongated hollow extrusions having limbs 30 defining a pair of channels 31 which make an angle of with one another and which support wall panels 6 or roof panels 7.

Each of the intermediate wall and roof support members 2 and 4 is provided, on one side thereof between adjacent limbs 30 of opposed channels 31, with an elongated recess or channel 32, 32a or 32b directed inwardly into the hollow interior of said member. FIG. 4 shows an in termediate wall support member 2 and located in the elongated channel 32 therein is the head 33 of a bolt 34, the stern of which projects from the mouth of the channel 32 and through an aperture in an elongated channel member 35 which provides a third channel disposed at right angles to the opposed channels 31 of the intermediate wall support member 2, the elongated channel member 35 being secured on the bolt 34 by a nut 36 and supporting a partition wall panel 6a. The partition wall panel 6a is supported at its other end by an elongated channel member identical to the channel member 35.

The intermediate roof support members 4 are operatively connected to the intermediate wall support members 2 by angle shaped roof joints 41 (FIGS. 3 and 6), limbs 41a of which are a close fit in the hollow interiors of the intermediate wall support members 2, while the other limbs 41b of which project at an acute angle to the horizontal to receive and support the ends of intermediate roof support members 4, the hollow interiors of which envelop the projecting limbs 41b of the roof joints 41. Each intermediate roof support member 4 has a pair of channels 31, as mentioned above, for supporting coplanar roof panels 7 disposed on opposite sides of the intermediate roof support member 4. The intermediate wall and roof support members 2 and 4 are joined together by an angle shaped roof stabilizing member 42, one limb 42a of which is secured to the upper end of an intermediate wall support member 2, while the other limb 42b of which is secured to the lower end of an intermediate roof support member 4. Passing through the limbs 42a and 42b of the room stabilizing member 42 are the stems of bolts 43a and 43b, the head 44a of bolt 43a being located in the elongated channel 32 already described with reference to FIG. 4 of the accompanying drawings and the head 44b of bolt 43b being located in similar channel 32a provided in the adjacent intermediate roof support member 4. Screwed onto the projecting stems of the bolts 43a and 4312 are nuts 45a and 45b which secure the stabilizing members 42 to the intermediate wall and roof support members 2 and 4.

In the construction of a building of the kind shown in FIG. 2, intermediate roof support members 4 are operatively connected together at the apex 5 by angle shaped roof joints 46 (FIGS. 7 and 8) which are substantially identical to the angle shaped apex joints 41 employed to support the intermediate roof support members 4 upon the intermediate wall support members 2, the obtuse angle between the limbs 46a and 46b of the angle shaped apex joints 46 being greater than the obtuse angle between the limbs 41a and 41b of the angle shaped roof joints 41. The structure at the apex 5 may be stabilized by an apex angle shaped support 47, one limb 47a of which is secured to one intermediate roof support member 4 by a nut 48 screwed onto a bolt 49, the head 49a of which is located in an elongated channel 32a provided on the intermediate roof support member 4, while the other limb 47b of the apex angle shaped support 47 is secured to the other intermediate roof support member 4 by a nut 51 screwed onto a bolt 52, the head 52a of which is located in an elongated channel 32b provided on the adjacent intermediate roof support member 4. The exterior of the apex 5, following insertion of roof panels 7, is covered by a flash band 53 or the like to prevent ingress of moisture through the apex 5 to the interior of the building.

The wall and roof panels 6 and 7 respectively consist of a layer 55 of expanded polystyrene sandwiched between layers 56 of galvanised sheet steel which are provided, on the exterior thereof, with coatings 57 of plastics material (FIG. 4).

Each of the corner and intermediate wall and roof support members 1, 2, 3 and 4 are provided with elongated hook members 58 which extend from the floor of the channels provided therein, the members 58 being adapted to project into the layers 55 of expanded polystyrene of the wall and roof panels 6 and 7, the free ends of the hook members 58 being directed towards the exterior of the building so that moisture which might enter the walls or roof of the building will not penetrate to the interior of the building along the joints between wall and roof panels 6 and 7 and support members 1, 2, 3 and 4.

One method of erecting a building according to the present invention comprises providing a concrete foundation 8 in which are embedded angle shaped bolts 62, the threaded ends 63 of which project above the foundation 8 and through apertures in substantially Z-shaped sole pieces 64 which are secured to the foundation 8 by nuts 65 screwed onto the threaded ends 63 of the angle shaped bolts 62. FIG. 3 shows the manner in which an intermediate wall support member 2 is secured to an angle shaped sole piece 64, and it will be understood that the corner wall support members 1 may be secured to the foundation 8 by similar means. An aperture is provided in the upstanding limb 64a of each angle shaped sole piece 64 and passing through said aperture is the stem of a bolt 66, the head 67 of which is located in the elongated channel or recess 32 provided in the intermediate wall support member 2. Screwed onto the stem of the bolt 66 is a nut 68 which secures the intermediate wall support member 2 to the angle shaped sole piece 64 and, consequently, to the foundation 8. The wall panels 6 are then located in position between the corner and intermediate wall support members 1 and 2. The roof joint members 41 are then located in the upper ends of the intermediate wall support members 2 and the intermediate roof support members 4 are then located on the roof joint members 41 in the manner described above. Roof joints similar to the roof joint members 41 are employed to support the roof corner support members 3 upon the wall corner support members 1.

If desired, the portion of each intermediate roof support member 4 in which is located the elongated channel or recess 32a, or 32b may be cut away at one end, so that, when said end is received by a roof joint member 41 (see FIG. 3), that end projects over the adjacent end of the intermediate wall support member 2 in the manner of the eaves of a conventional building. As shown in FIG. 3, a gutter 71 may be located beneath the projecting end of the intermediate roof support members 2 and associated roof panels to collect rain falling from the roof structure.

Building elements of the kind shown in FIGS. 9, 10 and 11 of the accompanying drawings may be employed to provide added refinements to the building described with reference to the preceding figures. For example, FIG. 9 shows an extruded aluminium eave section 72 which may provide an enhanced appearance when placed in a position in which the limbs of the eave section 72 are in the same planes as the limbs 42a and 42b of the angle shaped roof stabilizing member 42. The extruded aluminium ridge member 73 shown in FIG. 10 may be located in position below the apex 5 so that the limbs of the ridge member 73 are co-planar with the limbs 47a and 47b of the apex angle shaped support 47. Finally, the extruded aluminium sill 74 shown in FIG. 11 may provide a foundation for a window or other opening.

The various support members, joints and sole pieces referred to above may take the form of extruded aluminium sections. The hollow interiors of the corner and intermediate wall and roof support members 1, 2, 3 and 4 may be padded with elongated members (not shown) of insulating material.

I claim:

1. In a building corner construction, the combination of a pair of wall panels disposed at right angles to each other, and a corner joint supportably connecting adjacent side edges of said panels together, said corner joint comprising an elongated corner member provided along two adjacent sides thereof with open-sided channels receiving the side edge portions of the respective wall panels therein, said channels being defined by outer and inner flanges overlapping the respective outer and inner surfaces of said panels, a lining sheet superposed on the inner surface of each panel in coplanar relation with the inner flange of the associated channel, said corner member also including an inner corner portion disposed centrally between the inner flanges of said channels and provided with a slot intersecting the inner corner portion at 45, a diagonal bridge extending between said channels in outwardly spaced relation from said inner corner portion and coacting with the latter to define a recess in communication with the outer end of said slot, an inwardly projecting bolt positioned in said slot and having a head at its outer end seated in said recess, a covering sheet superposed on said lining sheet of each panel and overlapping the inner flange of the associated channel, a corner element positioned on the inwardly projecting bolt in abutment with the covering sheets of said panels, a nut on said bolt retaining said corner element in position, and detents provided on said corner element, said detents being seated in apertures formed in said covering sheets.

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FRANK L. ABBOTT, Primary Examiner S. D. BURKE, Assistant Examiner US. Cl. X.R. 52288, 495 

